marco rubio, congressman paul ryan of wisconsin made a joint appearance last night at the jack kemp foundation awards dinner in washington, d.c. both men you can tell by their remarks were trying hard to broaden their message and soften their tone. cnn political editor paul steinhauser is in washington, d.c., this morning. paul, nice to talk to you. we know that ryan really got clobbered during the presidential campaign when he talked about makers and takers, and now it seems like they're flipping the script on that. >> yeah. this was ryan's first since the election and his message was different than what the republican running mate was saying during -- on the campaign trail a few months ago. you know, while ryan said he was proud of what he and mitt romney did on the campaign trail, both he and rubio seemed to be pushing back a little bit against mitt romney's controversial comments that 47% of americans are dependent on the government and feel they're victims. he and rubio laid out a vision for the party that includes helping all americans raise their economic standing. take a listen. >> bot